On Milk

Milk gets a bad rap these days, but Ayurveda uses milk a lot! 

A few things about milk: 

Milk is hard to digest when taken cold. It is always served warmed up, with warming spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. 

Milk opposes dry skin, dry poops, and frayed nerves. So it's medicine in the dry season (and later in life is also a dry season). 

The milk of today is not the milk of days of old, however. Quality milk is non-homogenized, and responsibly harvested from cows who are calving in season.  

Have you noticed A2 milk popping up at your grocery? A2 (heirloom) cows may be closer to traditional cows, and I have seen A2 milk digest better for many.  

Plant milks are said to take on the qualities of the plants used. Usually not as nourishing as cow’s milk.  

I’ll field questions about milk for Friday’s live! Leave me a comment or a DM and I’ll try to address it.